a car on eastbound 580 near dutton avenue in oakland just before 12:30 this morning. the three right lanes were blocked for a few hours while investigators were trying to figure out how that man ended up on the freeway. investigators say he may have been trying to run across the lanes or may have fallen from a nearby overpass. again, it's open again. new details this morning on that deadly murder/suicide at quantico training base in virginia earlier this week. two of the marines who were killed including the alleged gunman were from the bay area. the suspected gunman, 25-year-old sergeant eusebio lopez is from pacifica. a highly decorated marine who served in iraq and afghanistan before becoming a trainer at quantico. the female victim is 19-year-old lance corporal sara castromata who you see here in a youtube video tribute. she was promoted to lance corporal just last month. sergeant lopez killed corporal

jacob wooley of mississippi. nbc has learned the three were involved in a love triangle. all of them worked at the officer candidate school. this afternoon a public memorial honoring the bay area teenager who was killed at a raceway just north of sacramento. 14-year-old marcus johnson was killed last saturday at maryville raceway park when his cousin lost control of the car he was driving and smashed into the pit area. today's memorial will be held at santa rosa bible church at 2:00 this afternoon. racing continued at the track last night where flags flew at half staff and drivers took a memorial lap honoring johnson and in honor of 68-year-old dale warngren jr. of grass valley who was also killed in the crash. tragedy in fairfield as an oakland boy is found drowned in a backyard pool. the boy's family was visiting friends on how court. 11:30 in the morning families saw the 7-year-old boy floating

in the pool. one of the residents pulled the boy from the water and tried to revive the child by doing cpr until police arrived. the boy was pronounced dead at a hospital. police say they don't suspect foul play and that that is just a tragic accident. the man hunt continues this morning for the suspect wanted for stabbing a woman to death in broad daylight in san low someday. investigators say 25-year-old juan ramirez killed the san jose mother on friday. the crime happened in the parking lot of the woman's apartment complex right across the street from the sheriff's department. ramirez has allegedly been stalking 29-year-old sandra cruzes-gonsalez for two years and she has an active restraining order against him. >> he was doing all the right things. contacting the police department, reporting these crimes, pulling out restraining orders trying to protect herself from this individual. it's very unfortunate that this happened. because it appeared that she was doing everything she could do to avoid it. >> investigators say ramirez may be headed to mexico, possibly

driving a dark green 1996 toyota pickup truck similar to the one you see on your screen. santa claire county held its second gun buyback for the year this weekend. young people came to drop off everything from gang colored clothing and shoes to small weapons. the collection was held at the most holy trinity church near south king and tully roads in san jose as part of the third annual unity day. across town at reed hill vn view airport more than 100 shotguns, handguns and rifles were collected. they say it was a response to decades of gang violence in east san jose. >> the unique portion of our event is gang attire, gang color turn-in as well as pocket knives, as well as brass knuckles, et cetera, that kids themselves are motivated to bring in. we have middle schoolers drop off a bagful of maybe 20 clothes items.

gang related items. >> a peace walk through the neighborhood followed the event complete with a mariachi band. on tuesday the united states supreme court will take up the issue of same-sex marriage. "today in the bay's" monte francis sat down with one of the most vocal opponents of same-sex marriage, the san francisco archbishop. >> what's really being debated is two ideas of marriage that cannot coexist. they cannot coexist in the law. there has to be one or the other. >> reporter: since being named archbishop of san francisco last summer, cordileone has faced criticism just about every time he speaks out on the issue of gay marriage. the most recent backlash came with the archbishop told a catholic newspaper legalizing same-sex marriage would be akin to legalizing male breast-feeding. he says it's a statement he doesn't regret making. >> what i was trying to demonstrate is that it's -- it's

something that exists in nature. and it would be legislating something that's contrary to nature. >> reporter: cordileone chairs a committee of american bishops dedicated to promoting traditional marriage. he's a believer in repairtive therapy, the idea that gay people can be made straight, and says legalizing gay marriage could lead to the acceptance of polygamy. >> if you don't need a man and a woman, why only two? what's the rational basis for only two? >> reporter: the archbishop says he knows gay individuals, but admits he doesn't personally know any gay couples such as the plaintiffs in the case before the supreme court, kristen perry and sandy steer of berkeley who have four children. >> there should be a permanent legal solution to this problem of our constitutional rights. >> reporter: they say the case is not just about their rights as a couple, but the rights of their entire family. >> it's very important for children to grow up feeling like they have the same protections as everybody else. they are equal.

they don't have to worry about being second-class citizens when they grow up. >> it's not a denial that two people, two parents of the same sex can't love the children in their home. but there's one thing they can't give the children. that is a mother or a father. >> monte francis, "today in the bay." >> polls shou thw that attitude have changed dramatically with the majority of americans favoring same-sex marriage. no matter what happens on tuesday with the supreme court the archbishop is calling for a civil debate. still ahead on "today in the bay" it is not your normal parking spot. we'll show you how this car managed to land on top of a roof in southern california. plus, landmarks all over the world go dark. on purpose. we'll show you why the lights shut off for a little while a little later than expected.

good morning. looking live at oakland. looking just a little bit hazy,

but it is going to be nice and warm for the day. changes midweek. we'll check with rob in just a bit. new video this morning of a car literally crashing on top of a roof. this happened in glendale in southern california. officials say a man somehow lost control of this car. it went down an embankment and landed directly on top of his neighbor's roof. police say the car may have had a mechanical issue. you think? nobody in the home or the car were hurt. still ahead on "today in the bay," coming up, the lights go down in the city and around the world. not a power outage. just a powerful message. here's a view of san francisco right now. hazy skies to start the morning. a nice afternoon on the way, though. we are seeing some changes which include some rain coming back into the seven-day forecast. we'll let you know when when we come right back.

good morning. just about 15 minutes after 7:00.

we are looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza. just some high clouds here in the distance. no rain now, but rain is coming. rapping for justice. a group of rappers gathered to raise money for the oscar grant foundation. he was shot and killed by police on new year's day in 2009. >> me being an activist, she being a raptivist, i thought it would be ideal to combine the two to reach out to our youth so they can become better informed through the lyrics of music in order to transform and encourage them to become politically and socially involved in our community. >> the money will help provide victims of police violence with emergency counseling and to assist families with other reurces as well. the lights are back on. but for about an hour last night landmarks here in the bay area and around the entire world went dark in honor of earth hour. the switches were supposed to be flipped at 8:30 p.m. local time. but there was a bit of a delay

here in the bay area. the tower went dark late as did the golden gate bridge. the bay bridge because of new wiring and the new light installation never went completely dark. nbc's francises coe has a look. >> reporter: at precisely 8:30 local time in 152 countries, lights went out for exactly one hour. it was a global show of support for earth hour, designed to protest against climate change. more than 7,000 cities took part, including chicago and its famous navy pier. earlier in the day nations across asia kicked off the worldwide one day movement. in china beijing's iconic olympic bird's nest and hong kong's victoria harbor went dark. sydney dimmed its famous opera house. the famous city of lights

including the eiffel tower turned pitch black. clearly the mass movement is lighting a fire around the world. >> i think it's a good idea to remind people that you don't need all these lights here. and how much electricity actually consumes. >> reporter: activists say the movement has spread rapidly since it began in 2007. but environmental challengers refuse to buzz. >> i think it's just only a simple activity. the most important is that we tell people that after the event you really need to make your promise. >> reporter: a hope that earth hour will spark a commitment to action beyond just an hour. frances coe, nbc news. >> speaking of lights, one streaked across the sky on the east coast. a security camera in maryland caught a glimpse of a meteor streaking through the sky not far from washington, d.c. experts say this meteor was the most -- most likely about the

size of a volleyball. there it is. those who saw it say it was as bright as a full moon. the american meteor society says it received more than 1,000 reports from people in 15 states including the district of columbia and canada who say they saw the fire ball on friday night. if we had a meteor this weekend we'd definitely be able to see it, i think. >> we would. overnight clear skies which has helped set us up for a chilly start to the morning. we're seeing some of the temperatures actually in the 30s in parts of the north bay. morning in san jose, mostly sunny. patches of low clouds, hazy skies there. pretty nice day little bit later on. temperatures now in san jose down to 44 degrees. 30s from nevada over towards napa and santa rosa. fairfield, 35. 47 in san francisco. right now the wind slightly offshore. at least for one more day before the sea breeze starts to pick up as early as this afternoon. that's going to lead to cooling

temperatures as we get back into the workweek. right now fog not much of a problem. the reason it's so cold in the north bay. clear skies and dry air letting the temperatures drop off for the morning. hour by hour, as we go through the day patches of low clouds along the coast. a few high clouds drifting by as the outer fringe of storm systems that are bringing rain to pacific northwest just drop some high level clouds our way at times for today into tomorrow. we're going to start to see changes by the time we get towards the middle part of the week. high pressure keeping the active weather just off to the north. that's going to start to change as the system which is here north of hawaii kind of drifts in just to the north of the bay area late tuesday into wednesday. tapping into some tropical moisture out of the south. which should be good enough to get us some showers. now, as we jump ahead towards late tuesday, you can see this steer towards the north bay. maybe hill tops. briefly around mt. hamilton. wednesday increasing moisture and an increasing chance of showers arriving for the middle part of the week. around the bay area today we should see highs close to 70 in

san jose. low 70s down around morgan hill. warmest spot on the coast, no surprise, around santa cruz. in the trivalley we should briefly manage low to mid-70s today. not quite as warm as we might have hoped a couple days ago. still a nice day with hazy sunshine. low to mid-60s across the bay. especially if the sea breeze picks up, cooling temperatures mid afternoon in san francisco and along the coast north bay. upper 60s and low 70s. cooling as we get back into the workweek. late tuesday into wednesday a chance of seeing some showers. friday into saturday, i know we're getting into the easter weekend. right now it does look like we're going to see an area of low pressure approach the coast which may mean some rain which would be welcome news. because we could use it and the sierra could use some snow. timing for easter egg hunts and other things maybe not so good. we'll see. it's a long ways off. we'll see if that holds up for next weekend. >> i always say wait till we see what rob says. >> i appreciate that. >> okay. girls are waiting for you, rob.

thanks. still ahead on "today in the bay," paying it back by passing it on. >> just because it was a one-time event for me, hopefully, hopefully i don't go do it again, it doesn't mean other people aren't going to go through that. >> this man helped give the gift of life because his own life was saved. it's a story that will make you very proud of him.

donating blood could be a lifesaver. but only 10% of americans who are eligible to donate blood actually do. "today in bay" is here with this morning's bay area proud about a south bay man working hard to raise that number. >> did you have an appointment today? >> no, i didn't have an appointment. >> we're going to like your blood anyway. >> reporter: if you look it up in a biology textbook you'll learn the average human heart pumps ten points of blood through the body every minute of

every day. >> go to the top of the stairs on the bus to my right. >> reporter: which we found out made paul b. neuman by any measure above average. >> by giving a point of blood you can save three lives. >> reporter: his heart, you see, is responsible for a lot more blood than that. >> i give blood about six times a year. so i just try to encourage a lot of other people to come and do that. >> reporter: paul's story begins ten years ago along this stretch of highway 85 in the south bay. paul and his 11-year-old son mitch were in his truck when they were sideswiped by a driver going more than 100 miles an hour. they both remember only parts of what happened next. >> we both remember me reaching over, putting my hand on his chest and screaming, hold on, buddy, hold on. >> reporter: the truck rolled as many as five times. paul and his son were amazingly not seriously hurt. they were well enough, in fact, just a couple of weeks later, to

go and meet the paramedics who helped them. paul had thanks to deliver. and a question to ask. >> i said, you know what? what can somebody like me do to give back to the community like you guys do every day in your job? and absolutely in unison they both said, give blood as much as you can. >> did you bring any blood with you today? >> reporter: by now you've figured out paul's definition of as much as you can is an awful lot. paul has been organizing two blood drives a year for the stanford blood center every year ever since the accident. >> thanks for coming to our tenth anniversary. >> reporter: his best guess is some 3,000 donors have given at one of his drives. >> just because it was a one-time event for me, hopefully, hopefully i don't go through it again, it doesn't mean that other people aren't going to go through that. so if we can do something to be there to help those other people i think it's just a wonderful thing. >> don't worry. you'll get cookies in a little while. >> reporter: paul understands not everyone is able to give as

much as he has. but thinks almost everyone can give at least a little. >> what more important thing could you be doing today than donating blood? >> reporter: garvin thomas, "today in bay." a follow-up to a story we first brought you last week. a story of a first grader at river glenn school in san jose battling leukemia. he is still desperately in need of finding a bone marrow donor, but his school is looking to help out as well. the school held a flea market sale to raise money for the boy's family. eduardo was not able to make it to the event because his health took a turn for the worse on friday. unless his condition improving eduardo won't be eligible for a transplant. but that didn't stop people from showing their support. >> a lot of the people that came don't even know the family. they brought food to sell. they brought hotdogs. they brought sopas. everybody came with an open heart and they donated as much as they could. >> the family says they are

still hopeful and looking for a latino donor. a bone marrow drive for eduardo is still planned for this friday, march 29th, at river glen school. it will start at 2:30 in the afternoon and end at 7:00. the test is easy and does not involve any needles, just a quick swab of the inside of your cheek. still ahead on "today in the bay," he stands out for coming out. the first openly gay executive in major sports explains how he knew it was time to reveal his secret. and thousands of people are on hand as pope francis celebrating his first palm sunday mass. his message to the crowd and the world, next.

good morning. looking live at coy tower and alcatraz in the distance. it was dark last night. now we're feeling bright and sunny after earth hour. thanks for joining us.

i'm kris sanchez along with immediate rolgs rob mayede. a forecast pleasant for this weekend. you're watching for next weekend. >> things are going to start to change. we had nice weather for the weekend. today another nice day after we lose the chilly temperatures we have this morning. you still need a jacket if you're heading outside. around the north bay still in the 30s. you may find patches of low clouds especially near the coast as we go through the afternoon. high clouds moving by today. no worries about rain in today's forecast. notice as we pass lunchtime getting into the mid afternoon, getting close to 70 degrees in some of the warmer places inland. trivalley area south of san jose. but as we get back into the workweek, a little preview here of the forecast. more clouds offshore. that's going to lead to a chance of showers. heading towards the middle part of the week. and an increasing chance of showers heading towards next weekend. so we'll show you these changes in the seven-day forecast and the timing of these systems coming up in just a few minutes. sometimes it's important. sometimes it's really, really important. >> next weekend will be very important. >> all right. thank you very much.

new this morning, pope francis celebrated his first palm sunday mass in st. peter's square. the square overflowed with some 250,000 people eager to join the new pope in the start of holy week ceremonies which lead up to easter. keeping with his spontaneous style, the first pope from latin america broke away several times from the text of his prepared homily to encourage the faithful to lead simple lives and to be humble and young at heart. today's mass followed an hon toric meeting yesterday between pope francis and the pope ameritus at the papal's summer residence. h is the first time a meeting like this has happened in more than 600 year. the two embraced on the helipad and prayed together and ate lunch today. pope francis officially started his papacy on tuesday. in just two days the country's highest court will take up the issue of same-sex marriage. specifically california's proposition 8 which is the voter enacted state ban on gay

marriage. a major supporter of prop 8 is san francisco archbishop is archbishop cordileone. he says he faces criticism just about every time he speaks out on this issue. the most recent backlash came from the archbishop told a catholic newspaper that legalizing same-sex marriage would be like legalizing male breast-feeding. he says it's a statement that he doesn't regret making. >> what i was trying to demonstrate is that it's -- it's something that exists in nature. and it would be legislating something that's contrary to nature. >> he also adds that legalizing gay marriage in his opinion could lead to the acceptance of polygamy. the archbishop says he knows gay people but admits that he doesn't personally know any gay couples like the plaintiffs in this case before the supreme court, kristen perry and sandy steel of berkeley who have four children together. they say the case is not just

about their rights as a couple but their rights as a family. >> it's very important for children to grow up feeling like they have the same protections as everybody else. they are equal. they don't have to worry about being second-class citizens when they grow up. >> polls show attitudes have changed dramatically in recent times with a majority of americans now favoring same-sex marriage. there's a good chance you haven't heard of him. but you've probably heard of the organization that he runs. the team president of the warriors is a major player in the world of basketball. but his legacy is in the gay community. he came out almost two years ago. but the question now, does he regret it? and did it hurt his career? the interview with the warriors' president. >> reporter: what you see at a warriors game isn't much different than what you'd see at any nba game. plenty of glitz and glamour and hometown cheer. but what is different is this man. >> you know, for me, it's been

a -- really a wonderful personal journey. >> rick welts is one of the most successful sports executives in the country. in the 1980s he helped resurrect the nba by rebranding the league. more recently welts resurrected his soul. flashed across "the new york times" he shared his secret and became the first openly gay executive in any major sport. >> one of the real things that kept me from doing it as long as i did was the fact that nobody in a position like mine had ever taken that step. as a result i couldn't look to see how that would turn out. >> reporter: it's been almost two years since he came out. but two years doesn't erase a lifetime of hiding. >> the sacrifices that you made in your personal life in terms of your partners, how difficult was that? even looking back at it now? >> that probably was the tipping point for me. i had a relationship that i'd had for 14 years that didn't end well. i think a lot of the reason behind that was the fact that i

wasn't able to include the most important person in my life into my work environment where i spend a lot of time. and, you know, at that point a couple of things happened. that happened. my mother was sick with lung cancer. i think i just made a decision. i wasn't prepared to make that sacrifice anymore and started to think about if i did this, and did it in a certain way, would i have the opportunity to make a contribution to the dialogue on -- on sexuality and especially male professional sports. >> no doubt there's some active nba players who are gay. at some point -- at what point will they feel good enough to come out? >> that's the big question, isn't it? i don't know. you know, i think it will be amazingly courageous when somebody decides to take that step. you know, these are by definition very young people with not a lot of life experience beyond basketball.

it will happen. but predicting when, i think, is a difficult thing to do. >> reporter: have you spoken to any of them? and what advise or what conversations have you had? >> no. you know, that's -- i've talked to a lot of people. i'm not going to talk about who i have spoken to. but, you know, i think everyone -- it's such a personal journey. it was for me. i knew when the time was right for me. i think somebody else will know when that time is right. i do think that when it does happen, that that athlete, whatever sport they're in, is going to be surprised at what a positive response they're going to get from -- not only from fans, their teammates, companies that have them as maybe endorsers. i think it's going to be a good experience. but whoever that player is is suffering from -- a little bit from what i was suffering from in that there hasn't ever been an active player who's decided to take that step, so it's really hard to know. it's going to take a special person with the right set of circumstances to take that step. >> >> reporter: do warrior fans or the war rrior owners care th

you're gay or do they care that they want them to get to the playoffs? >> yeah. that's not a topic of conversation and not one that they really think about. it's all about creating a world class organization that this community, this area, deserves. you know, we're doing everything in our power both on the court and off the court to try to build something that fans can really be proud of. we can have success. have success on the court. and do great things. that's what we're all about every day. >> speaking of the warriors, it could be bad news for the team. more problems with curry's ankles as the playoffs edge closer. coling up on "today in the bay" we'll show you what he has so say about being ready for the lakers tomorrow. the golden bears bounced from the ncaa tournament. what fans had to say about the team's effort, coming up.

if you're looking for something to do today, how about the oakland running festival? just getting started right now. lots of information about how to run, how to run better. and lots of fun things for the kids. there are going to be bands, musicians along the way cheering people on along the course of the full marathon, half marathon and 5-k. i'm going to enter when there's a half 5-k. cal basketball fans are waking up this morning a little disappointed as the golden bears came up just short against syracuse last night. a live look at the calm pavilion that morning. "today in the bay's" kimberly terry has reaction from the hometown crowd. >> reporter: cal fans predicted it would be a tight game. but they were still hoping for a win. >> i'm going to go cal, buzzer beater, by one. in overtime. >> reporter: no such luck. syracuse clinched the win, 66-60. >> swatted away! >> we were so sad that they

didn't play better. but syracuse really had a great defense. >> there's more talent on syracuse's team, basically, i felt. so, you know, they tried but they lost. >> they didn't shoot enough. a lot of dribbling. a lot of passing. got to shoot to win. >> williams. one of the top assist men in the country. >> reporter: syracuse was a higher seed going into the matchup with number 12 cal. golden bears fans were hoping playing so close to berkeley would give them home court advantage. >> they didn't take it advantage of it. they made too many mistakes. didn't play well enough to win the game. >> there's a lot of syracuse fans out there. a lot of the cal fans didn't show up. we need to be more supportive. >> reporter: you think that would have helped? >> i think so. i think they would have gotten more energy from the crowd. >> oh, my goodness! >> reporter: despite the loss, fans say it was great to see cal play in the big dance. >> it was awesome. it was my first time coming to a march madness game and it was a good experience.

it's my birthday, too. so that makes it even better. >> i've never seen them play up close in a big game like this. it was really cool to see. >> reporter: do you have them in your bracket? >> yeah. my bracket's pretty busted now. >> that's tough. warriors gearing up for the lakers tomorrow night. there's a chance they may have to do it without steph curry. curry rolled his ankle again in last night's 101-92 win against the wizards at oracle. he limped around the court for a few minutes but ended up leaving the game. the good news, x-rays show it's not a break. >> another little episode. i'll get through it like i usually do. just got to get my treatment and get ready for monday. i know lakers are coming in. they're a team that right behind us and we need that game. so i'm going to try to do everything i can to play, make sure i'm ready. >> the struggles continue for the sharks as they lose to the wild in minnesota, 2-0.

the sharks are ninth in the western conference playoffs. spring training in arizona. giants taking on the oakland a's in scottsdale yesterday. not a good day for tim lincecum. gave up five runs in three innings and is running out of time to find his groove before the regular season. brandened belt, on the other hand, found his groove. hit his seventh home run of the spring. in the end the a's beat the giants 12-5. still ahead on "today in the bay," one of the most contentious propositions on the ballot next year surrounding health insurance regulations. nbc bay area political analyst larry gersten joins us next to talk about that.

for the first time in four years the senate passed a budget, but it is worlds apart from the budget passed by the republican controlled house. let's bring in nba bay area

political analyst larry gerston. we want to talk about that. also health care regulation. how do these two budgets meet in the middle? >> they don't. they are so far apart, kris. they are so far apart it's like different languages. >> yeah. >> they need an interpreter to bring it together. but at least we have two starts points. radically different. the house, of course, wants to cut spending tremendously with the republican house. democrats in the senate want to raise taxes more. they're just very different documents. here's the deal. once you've got these two different documents you then go to what we call conference committee. that's where they will attempt, and that's the word, "attempt" to work out their differences and come up with something. you got to start somewhere. these are as much philosophical statements as they are financial statements. that's where we begin. >> and because the two are controlled differently, so it could end up anywhere. >> right. we hope that between now and october 1st they'll somehow find a way of hammering out their differences to come up with a document that will guide us for

the next year. a lot to go. a lot to go. >> looking beyond october 1st and to the 2014 elections, believe it or not, it is right around the corner. at least in election speak. one of the big issues is going to be health insurance regulation. >> yeah. for several years health insurance companies in california have increased premiums by double digits. just about every single year. that's well above the rate of inflation. for the coming year, same thing going on. blueshield has announced an 11.7% jump. aetna 11.4%. another companies are sure to follow suit. meanwhile here's the kicker. inflation rate for 2013 is expected to be about 1.6%. do the math. 1.6% inflation. double digit increases. something doesn't work out. reformers want to say something about this. >> right. but the health insurance companies say, you know, it's okay for us to make this kind of

money. >> yeah. >> clearly they think it's okay. >> they've got their defenses, so to speak. insurance companies say, look, reformers are blaming the wrong target. it's easy to blame us. think about the hospitals that aren't run successfully or efficiently. technical changes. new developments in the health industry. expensive machinery. they need to be looking at these improvements as the forcers, drivers of the increases. health insurance also points to the affordable care act. obama care we all hear about. also as a major cause of increase. something is going on. they are certainly pointing their fingers other places. the reform rs are not going for it. >> the truth must be somewhere in the middle. >> it always is. >> where do you find the truth? >> that gets to the reformers initiative. the insurance rate justification and accountability act. pay attention to that one. you're going to hear a lot about it in the months to come.

if approved by the voters this would empower the state insurance commissioner to compel insurance companies to justify proposed increases and deny unjustified proposals along the way. so, in short, the act would give the government the last say on health insurance rates. >> isn't that the case already? pardon my ignorance if i should already know this. but don't they have to ask for permission to raise their rates? >> not in california sf. >> auto insurance. >> that's another story. home insurance, that's another story. not in terms of health insurance, no. >> this is something i thought was already on the books. what do you think is the chance this is going to pass? >> it's way too early. yes, the election is a year away. it's still way too early. we know this much. in 1988, a long time ago, voter passed proposition 103. that established the regulation of homeowners and automobile insurance policies along the

lines you were asking. this happened despite an $80 million insurance industry campaign against the proposal. over the next 20 years after prop 103, californians saved $62 billion on automobile insurance rates. so that's a lot of money, you know. the bottom line is this. in american politics, governments are asked to regulate the private sector only if there's a compelling reason. well, over the next year or so, both sides are fwoigoing to mak their case and we're going to see from there which side prevails. >> i think a lot of folks are going to say i don't mind you making money but do you really have to make that much money if it hurts families. >> a very juicy fight. everyone's going to have the opportunity to weigh in on what each side says. this will be a good one. president barack obama is back in washington, d.c., after spending four days in the middle east. yesterday the president wrapped up his trip by visiting the

asian city of petra in jordan. one of the world's most celebrated archaeological sites. jordan was the last stop on a trip that started in israel and also took the president to the west bank cities of ramallah and bethlehem. while the president is now home secretary of state john kerry stayed behind in the middle east. he is making an unannounced trip to baghdad today. the first since a u.s. secretary of state since hillary clinton in 2009. yesterday he went to jerusalem to speak with benjamin netanyahu after meeting with palestinian president mahmoud abbas in jordan. still ahead on "today in the bay" today is your chance to get an up close look at the san francisco zoo's newest addition. we'll show you how that little cub is doing. the view around this morning. 680. fog free. pretty nice weekend forecast this weekend. but what about as we head towards next weekend? some changes in between in your

seven-t seven-day forecast when we come right back.

good morning. there's lots to do today in the bay. weekends are typically diy. same can be said for the fort mason center this afternoon. that's where you'll find zarly bazaar. a family friendly shopping event. locally crafted products along with the usual online only venders and their products. face painting. a kids only cookie decorating station. family fun as well. earn will be given $20 to spend at the not so bizarre bazaar. they're actually going from new age online only stores there to a good old-fashioned in person get-together. on a bigger, no less crafty note, head to pleasantton. good guys rod and custom show showing off classic muscle and classic styling. gelt kids into the mix with free make and take model cars from

11:00 a.m. there at the county fairgrounds just off 680. classic cars. get-togethers. spring weekends. each of those things sparks memories, which is our final feature. this is the last day of the film festival at the sun dance kabuki cinemas at san francisco. at 5:00 tonight they're officially launches their new home videos movie addition called memories to light. asian-american home movies. occupying a unique space in american culture, these home movies provide us with an authentic and honest sampling of how immigrant families lived their lives during much different times. that's my time for now. let me save you some time monday through friday as i track your commute right here on "today in the bay." so far the weekend for a few of those plans, looking pretty good. hazy skies over san francisco. a hint or two of patchy low clouds past the golden gate. probably see a few more of those clouds kind of filling in as we head towards the afternoon. still kind of chilly now as the sun is finally woken up around

the bay area. starting to see temperatures climb a little bit around san francisco. up to 47. upper 30s in the north bay. 44 in san jose. notice the wind direction. not too much of a sea breeze. that should change this afternoon as winds start to turn on shore. that's going to lead to cooling late afternoon, into monday and tuesday. fog not too much of a problem today. tomorrow morning i think you'll run into a few extra low clouds. hour by hour today, patches of low clouds reappearing on the coast. high clouds going by from north to south during the afternoon. you could see some of those low clouds filling in south of pacifica by late tonight. radar view, rain off to the north around seattle and portland. more moisture here that's going to approach the bay area late tuesday into wednesday. hour by hour. now jumping ahead to tuesday, you can see partly cloudy skies. a few scattered showers maybe in those north bay hill tops. by wednesday we're going to see more of that moisture drop to the south. good enough i think for some scattered showers. cooler temperatures the middle part of the week. then a better chance come friday

and saturday with more moisture and a cutoff low approaching the coast. plan on seeing rain probably by friday night into saturday. stay tuned. right now looks like next weekend we could be dodging some showers. today close to 70 around san jose. otherwise 60s as you get close tore the inner bay. you can see some low 70s around areas south of san jose for the afternoon. trivalley not too bad. should see low to mid-70s today. as you head west, now you're back into the 60s. late day sea breeze cooling things off. you'll probably find some patches of low clouds again by the afternoon west of san francisco. temperatures are going to be cooling off. few extra clouds coming in monday into tuesday. as early as tuesday, keep a close eye on those coastal hill tops. showers may try to show up by the afternoon. for now, we'll call it on wednesday a chance of those scattered showers. slight risk of a shower into thursday. i do think the time frame to watch right now will be friday into saturday. that's going to be a cutoff low approaching the coast and brings us the better chance of seeing some rain. i have to tell you as we get

into late march and early april, march madness of weather when you get these cutoff lows that can wobble around quite a bit. don't cancel any of those weekend plans as of yet. we'll see when the low approaches us later in the week. >> we never cancel without your information. without your guidance. thanks, rob. bay area animal lovers will have a chance to see one of the san francisco zoo's newest addition today. boy, it's cute. the zoo's 5 1/2 week old sumatran tiger cub. until now the cub and her mother have been out of the public eye in order to bond. now that little tiger was born on february 10th and is ready to meet her public. her birth is especially important because sumatra tigers are critically endangered species. we want to thank you for making us a part of your morning. more local news for you tonight at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 and any time of day, nbcbayarea.com. have a great day.

this sunday a special focus

on the political debate over our personal freedoms. 100 days since the massacre at a newtown school and the gun safety debate is coming to a head on capitol hill. but are gun control advocates going to be disappointed as an assault weapons ban appears headed for failure? this morning two key voices join me. new york city mayor michael bloomberg and the executive vice president and ceo of the national rifle association wayne lapierre. then, marriage equality. do gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marriage? the supreme court is taking up the question. how far the country has moved on gay marriage politically but is there still a ways to go? one of the key lawyers in the fight, david boies, joins our discussion. plus, the president in the middle east. >> you are not alone. >> how did he do?

analysis about his new push for peace and new warnings for syria and iran. and good sunday morning. new hope for a peace push in the middle east. the president arrived back in wa washington after a mideast trip that took him to israel for his first time as president as well as visits to the palestinian territories and jordan while a reinvigorated peace process is one goal, more pressing concerns for the obama white house are the threats from iran and the effect of the relentless bloodshed in syria. we want to begin with some analysis about the president's trip this morning with our chief foreign correspondent richard engel back from the region. he is in new york this morning. i have david brooks of "the new york times" and e.j. dionne with me in washington. richard, let me start with you. the president called on israel to renew efforts to the creation of a palestinian